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Amazon launches Bee Frontier and Bee Eclipse AI transcription devices
Amazon launched Bee Frontier and Bee Eclipse, AI devices that transcribe talks and enable personalized shopping.
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Amazon launched Bee Frontier and Bee Eclipse, AI devices that transcribe talks and enable personalized shopping.
BMW said a Neue Klasse i3 ran 1,213 km from Shenyang to Dalian and back without charging, averaging 8.8 kWh/100 km, as its sixth-generation battery began production in Shenyang.
The Traitors Telugu debuted Oct. 15 on Prime Video, while The Celebrity Traitors season 2 aired episode 5 the same day on BBC One and iPlayer. Both shows face regional streaming limits, with new episodes continuing through Nov. 5 and Oct. 30 respectively.
Apple's new Apple TV 4K and HomeView pre-orders now show late-November delivery, while Amazon and Best Buy add early discounts.
CopilotKit launched CLiF, an early-access platform that turns agent and user traces into skills, evals, and training data.
AI governance startup nFOX Lab launched a platform to manage privately owned large language models and said it plans to open-source Blockhouse, a Linux-level sandbox that removes AI workload privileges by default. The company says the tools are designed to help enterprises run open models on their own infrastructure while limiting security risks.
Amazon introduced two Bee-branded AI wearables on Oct. 15: the $75 Frontier wristband and the $100 Eclipse phone attachment, both able to capture and summarize conversations, connect to apps and surface shopping suggestions for a monthly subscription.
After Microsoft ended Publisher support in October 2026, LibreOffice added the ability to open .pub files in Draw by reverse-engineering the proprietary format, giving affected users a way to access legacy documents.
Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe said at TechCrunch Disrupt that the automaker plans to run third-party AI agents, including Anthropic's, inside its vehicles, but gave no timeline and said vehicle-level controls will stay off-limits.
Shelly has launched the Presence Gen4, an $84.99 mmWave radar sensor that can detect up to ten people and pets without a camera, enabling multi-zone smart home automations.
Netgear's Orbi 770 three-unit Wi-Fi 7 mesh system is selling for $627.72 at Amazon, about 10% below its $699 list price, according to TechRadar, which rates the kit its top mesh router for large homes.
The Verge reported that Microsoft and Nvidia have prepared Windows for the first RTX Spark laptops, which use Arm CPUs, Blackwell GPUs, and unified memory. Microsoft has focused on local AI agents, app emulation, gaming, and memory management.
Beats and The Pokémon Company have launched a $149 special-edition Beats Pill decorated with Pikachu and Mimikyu, on sale October 15 at Apple and Target with the same audio hardware as the standard model.
TechRadar: Creality K1 Max 2025 is $350 off at $549 in a Halloween sale, with AI monitoring and 300mm build volume.
Common Sense Media's Youth AI Safety Institute says ChatGPT for Teens missed parental alerts during simulated mental health crises and failed to redirect teens to help in more than 25% of expert-designed cases, and it urges OpenAI to limit the chatbot to adults until the problems are fixed.
Tesla is set to unveil its second-generation Roadster on Oct. 15 at 8:55 p.m. ET after years of delays.
LinkedIn is adding tools for side hustles, creators and founders, including paid Advice Sessions, a connections-only feed, digital business cards and new monetization options.
Apple will open iPhone Duo preorders on Oct. 16 at 8 a.m. ET, with T-Mobile offering up to $1,400 off and CEO John Ternus discussing the foldable’s long development in a TIME interview.
Engadget reported that Opera has relaunched its lightweight Air browser with soundscapes, scheduled breathing exercises, neck stretches, new wallpapers and automatic dark mode. The browser also includes an ad blocker and free VPN, and remains free on Windows and macOS.
Hesai announced Kosmo, a 3D world data engine featuring the Kosmo One handheld AI spatial camera and Kosmo World cloud platform, aiming to make spatial modeling as easy as photography and expand into embodied AI.
Private Internet Access added 10 server locations across the Americas, the Middle East, Africa and Australia, following 15 additions in September. The company says its network now covers 170 locations in 104 countries, though independent tracking points to 176 in 112.
TechRadar reported a 15% discount on Seagate's 16TB IronWolf NAS drive and reviewed Ugreen's NASync IDX6011 Pro, a $2,600 NAS with onboard AI for data-heavy creative work.
Merck CEO Rob Davis told CNBC he expects the company’s personalized cancer vaccine with Moderna to become faster to manufacture, as Merck opens a new Pennsylvania research facility and manages Keytruda’s patent transition.
TechRadar published an article on why the Wildlife Photographer of the Year winner shot with an infrared-converted Nikon camera, written by its Cameras Editor Tim.